Chapter 2-Review Flashcards
First English colony
Roanoke
Who nearly wiped out the pequot people
John Mason
New England colonies
NH, Massachusetts, RI, Connecticut
Why did pilgrims leave England
Tolerance/persecution
Tariffs
Taxes on items
Puritans
Wanted to purify the Church of England
Emphasized the importance of personal devotion to God
Great Awakening
What ended when Metacom was shot and killed
King Philip War
Joint stock company
Exports and imports- Investors pay in hopes of earning profit
House of burgess
1st representative assembly in the colonies (Legislative)
Who founded Pennsylvania
William Penn
Proprietary colony
Owned by 1 person
What were the middle colonies
NY,NJ, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Why did quakers settle in Pennsylvania
All religions were welcomed
What were South Carolinas cash crops
Indigo and rice
Plantation
Large area of land used for agriculture
How did William Penn acquire land from Lenin Lenape
Previous debt
Southern colonies
NC, SC, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia
Was wage labor a form of slave labor?
NO
What made the middle colonies good for farming
Fertile soil, lengthy growing season
What made the southern colonies perfect for agriculture
Year round growing season and fertile soil
What did Georgia originally prohibit
Slavery
Mercantilism
Maximize imports-minimize imports
Founded Rhode Island and got banished from Massachusetts
Roger Williams
